Theme: Birthday

A Bicycle For Rosaura

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Senora Amelia loves animals. In this lively and cheery story from Venezuela, you will see to what lengths she will go in order to grant her handsome hen Rosaura a birthday wish. The delicate colored pencil drawings lend warmth and charm to this tale. Their color and light precisely portray the sense of place–a small [...]

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The Greatest Show off Earth

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.

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Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka were three little girls who lived in Sweden. They had blue eyes and yellow curls, and they looked very much alike.When they decided to bake a surprise cake for their mother’s birthday, their friend Aunt Betty helped them. She told them how to make Mother’s favorite cake, and she watched them [...]

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Do you know Pippi Longstocking?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

Pippi lives all alone in Villa Villekulla with her horse and a monkey called Mr. Nilsson. To the amazement of her neighbors, Tommy and Annika, she sleeps with her feet on the pillow and her head under the covers, bakes cookies on the floor, performs her own act at the circus, takes on two burglars [...]

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Happy Birthday Jamela!

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 7, 2007

Jamela and her family go to shoe store for her birthday gift. Jamela loves what the store clerk shows, but Jamela’s mama picks the practical & comfortable shoes for her. Although Jamela gets disappointed, she decorates her new shoes with beads and sparkly bits. When Jamela shows her special shoes, her mother doesn’t show support [...]

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Birthdays around the World

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This book describes the way birthdays have been celebrated in the past and the customs used to mark these special occasions in such countries as Finland, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and others.

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Double Birthday! Miko

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Miko learns that he and his toy animal share the same birthday, Miko gives him the perfect gift.

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Nine Animals and the Well

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A fable about a group of animals which strives to bring the perfect present to the Indian raja-king’s birthday party, and discusses how the numerals we use originated in India.

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